Level.



E. J. RITTY.

, LEVEL.

APPLICATION FILED APB..15,1911.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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EDWARD J'. BITTY', 0F DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 LEO J'. RITTY,`OF DAYTON, OHIO.

LEVEL...

Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Patented sepaaa, 1914.

To all/whom, it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD J. RITTY, ay

citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Levels; :and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

improvements in levels and has for its object to provide a level of etlicient and inexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide a level which is capable of indicating lineal measurements as well as degrees of a circle, as will hereinafter more fully appear from the fol- Alowing description in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Of said drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved level, Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line a-a of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the opposite side of the dial as shown in Fig. 1 with parts of the frame broken away the scale there shown being lineal indications.

rIhe frame 1 may be constructed of metal as shown in the drawing with portions omitted to produce less weight. The central part of said frame has a circular opening for the reception of the indicator or dial ring 4 which is T-shaped in cross-section. The inwardlyl projectedy annular portion 4 of said ring has the marks on each side which may be the same to indicatedegrees of a circle or one side may bev marked to indicate angular measurements denoting` inches to the foot. On each side of the 'ring 4 a glass 'disk 9 is placed and held in position by individual rings 3 3 which -fit in the opening in the `frame and hold said glass ture, in presence of two. witnesses. y,

EDWARD J. EITTY.,

disks between them and the ring 4. The rings 3 3 are substantially the same thickness as the ring 4 in order that a view of the indicating portion 4 may not be obstructed in reading the device. The glass disks 9-9 are set in the opening in the frame far enough to protect lthem frombreakage in manipulating the level. The circle degree marks as well as the lineal indications on the annular portion 4 of the ring 4 are clearly observable through either disk.l Between the disks 3- -3 and within the inner circunr ference of the ring 4, the pointer 5 i's mounted to point to the indications on both sides of the annular portion 4. A pivot 7 supports the pointer 5, said pivot being suitably mounted in the centers of the glass plates 9. The pointer 5 has one end weighted as at 6 to control the position thereof. I l

Having described my invention, I claim. A level comprising a frame having a centrally disposed opening therein, a ring centrally disposed in said opening with an annular portion extending at a right angle to said ring and upon opposite sides of which portion scales are arranged denoting degrees of a circle and lineal measurements respectively,

with axial openin and set in said opening transparent disks providedl on each side of said ring and abutting with the circumferential edges thereof, a pointer having its shaft extending through said axial openings, and individual retaining rings arranged in said ope-ning 'on the outside of said disks and abutting thereagainst,

said retaining rings being each of a thick-` ness correspondln to the thickness of the ring of the in icator, substantially as In testimony whereof I ax my signa- I Witnesses: l

R. J. MoCAn'rr, lMATTHEW SmBLER. 

